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VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC
VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,065,473 to it, the largest being THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ($2,355,170). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $5.1M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania Inc does
Mission
The veterans leadership program of western pennsylvania provides essential housing, employment, and other vital support services to eligible veterans, service members, and their families to improve self-sufficiency, sustainability and quality of life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024 vlp provided employment services to 378 veterans: 98 veterans through its job training and placement program, providing free employment services that include resume assistance, interview techniques, networking training, individualized job search plans, and career counseling; 280 veterans in obtaining unsubsidized, meaningful employment through the dol's hvrp program.
$757,489 spentof which $228,731 as grants8% of program spendingIn 2024 vlp provided housing services to 1,119 veterans and 584 dependents:828 veteran households with homeless prevention and rapid re-housing services through the va's ssvf program - vlp is 1 of only 4 agencies in western pennsylvania that is granted to serve veterans in 28 counties through the ssvf program; 80 veteran households through 2 hud housing programs in the allegheny county coc (pa-600); 208 veterans emergency housing services through the va's gpd program; 3 veteran households emergency housing services through the united way of southwestern pennsylvania.
$7,838,376 spentof which $4,757,598 as grants$8,824 earned by the program78% of program spendingIn 2024 vlp provided supportive services to 3,444 veterans and their family members:696 veterans and families assisted with housing stabilization services; 194 tax returns; 75 veterans with soar benefits and other forms of disability assistance; 52 veterans involved in the criminal justice system with supportive services and assistance through vlp's participation in veteran courts in allegheny, beaver, and fayette counties and the western pennsylvania district federal veterans court; 99 veterans with opioid prevention services; 56 veterans with suicide prevention services; 1,807 veterans with care coordination services; 144 case management services; 321 veterans with transportation assistance.
$1,394,211 spentof which $387,889 as grants14% of program spendingIn 2024 vlp engaged with and/or provided wellness services to 2,346 veterans, their families, and their supporters: 1,952 veterans and families provided food distributions; 124 veterans and veteran-supporters in numerous physical activities throughout the year including cycling, hiking, running, yoga, and crossfit; 270 veterans engaged in stand down pittsburgh, erie, and johnstown.
$36,240 spentof which $6,078 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,026,316.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.5M to $4.7M (+36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 74% · 2018 76% · 2019 76% · 2020 83% · 2021 85% · 2022 86% · 2023 86% · 2024 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Benjamin Stahl
Executive director
Board chair
Damien Gottschalk
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $593k → $916k.
12 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 72% · 2019 68% · 2020 55% · 2021 69% · 2022 47% · 2023 38% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
31% of VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
60% of VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.0M that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $59.7M on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$54.9M
- Department of Labor$4.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC?
- VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,065,473 to it, the largest being THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ($2,355,170). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $5,065,473 in grants to VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC?
- THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA is the largest funder on record, with $2,355,170 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 56 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing